Table 30 : Exchange Rate of the Rupee (End of Period)
Indicative	Sep-00	Oct-00	Nov-00	Dec-00	Jan-01	Feb-01	Mar-01	Apr-01	May-01
Selling Rates
Australian dollar	14.510	14.180	14.640	15.580	15.410	14.870	13.970	14.620	14.880
Belgian franc(100)	58.217	57.185	59.643	64.566	64.525	64.270	61.988	63.294	61.395
French franc	3.572	3.517	3.666	3.971	3.968	3.952	3.812	3.893	3.776
Deutsche mark	11.980	11.796	12.293	13.317	13.308	13.252	12.784	13.054	12.663
Hongkong dollar	3.572	3.550	3.620	3.630	3.640	3.670	3.690	3.710	3.750
Indian rupee(100)	59.000	60.000	61.000	61.000	62.000	62.000	62.000	62.000	63.000
Italian lira(1000)	12.101	11.915	12.396	13.451	13.444	13.387	12.913	13.187	12.791
Japanese yen(100)	24.730	25.260	25.280	24.500	24.200	24.380	22.910	23.190	24.340
Kenya shilling(100)	34.100	35.050	35.840	36.450	36.260	36.690	37.060	37.430	37.390
New Zealand dollar	10.840	10.950	11.350	12.370	12.380	12.180	11.510	11.820	12.100
Singapore dollar	15.470	15.790	16.100	16.360	16.290	16.410	15.950	15.920	16.210
South African rand	3.690	3.670	3.640	3.750	3.660	3.720	3.570	3.630	3.670
Swiss franc	15.380	15.190	15.940	17.130	17.080	16.850	16.410	16.610	16.250
US dollar	26.582	27.435	27.981	28.014	28.090	28.275	28.402	28.642	28.979
Pound sterling	38.878	39.794	39.787	41.782	41.071	40.758	40.563	41.114	41.331
Euro1	23.431	23.069	24.043	26.046	26.029	25.921	25.001	25.532	24.766
1 Effective 1 January 1999, the euro (EUR) was introduced replacing its precursor, the ECU, on a one-to-one basis.
Note: With effect from October 1998, the end-of-period exchange rate of the rupee is based on the average end-of-period selling
rates for T.T.& D.D. of all commercial banks.